Biology:Parabathymyrus fijiensis

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Short description: Species of fish

Parabathymyrus fijiensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Parabathymyrus
Species:
P. fijiensis
Binomial name
Parabathymyrus fijiensis
Karmovskaya, 2004

Parabathymyrus fijiensis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Fiji (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 478–500 metres. Females can reach a total length of 36 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. McCosker, J.; Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G. (2019). "Parabathymyrus fijiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199122A2561453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199122A2561453.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199122/2561453. Retrieved 6 February 2022. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Parabathymyrus fijiensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 [ref. 28053] Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.

Wikidata ☰ Q4614577 entry